Mumbai Indians Women player, Hayley Matthews's promising shorts were truly amazing. The West Indies batting all-rounder Hayley Matthews trying to make big score so far in this Womens Premier League 2023. So far unbeaten with an excellent innings of 42 runs off 27 balls. Her strike rate is 155 which is considered good performance in women's cricket. If she can stay on the pitch for a few more overs then Mumbai Indians Women will be able to build a big innings very easily.
Mumbai Indians collected a huge total of 207. It is going to be really hard for the Gujarat Gants to chase down successfully.
This is even a huge target by the standards of men's IPL.
The Gujarat Giants just started batting. In four balls they have only one run. Not an ideal start by any means.
There is no way they are actually going to be able to chase down this huge target.
I don't see any chance of Gujarat winning this match. First of all, winning by batting at a huge target of 208 runs is almost impossible in women's cricket. And secondly, Gujarat's top order collapsed early in the innings. They lost 3 wickets for just 5 runs and Gujarat lost the fifth wicket for 23 runs. Now it seems that even scoring 50 runs is challenging for them.
After giving a huge target of Mumbai 208 I thought the first match of WPL might be going to be competitive. But I did not imagine that the players of Gujarat Giant will bat so badly. After 12 overs, Gujarat's collection is 49/7. Dayalan Hamalatha scored 24 runs off 17 balls. Gujarat's 4 batsmen returned to the dressing room with zero runs. The Gujarat giants conceded a humiliating defeat in the first match. They will probably lose by 130-140 runs.